How do you hook up two computers so you can battle against each other?

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How do you hook up two computers so you can battle against each other?

How do you hook up two computers so you can battle against each other?anti virus scan

Go to your local computer store, buy yourself a cross-over cable. Usually about $20 for 10feet. Plug this into an existing ethernet port on both computers, then assign both computers an IP address in the same subnet mask...

Or, go buy a $10 4 port hub at that same store, plug both computers into that and do the same..

If you have broadband, see if your router/modem has multiple ports. If so, plug both devices into that, and check your IP addresses (IPCONFIG from a command prompt).

How do you hook up two computers so you can battle against each other?ariel

You need to connect both computers to some kind of communal network.

You can do this in several ways:

LAN - you can create a Local Area Network in you house by purchasing a router, connecting it to your modem, and connecting your two computers to the router.

WAN - you can create a Wireless Area network in much the same way you create a LAN. Except with a WAN, you do not need to connect the computers directly to the wireless router. They will connect to it with wireless/network cards or other wireless hardware.

Internet - if both computers have independent connections to the internet, both can log onto battle.net and meet in a pre-arranged room.